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Tanzania legal aid campaign targets one million residents

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The second phase of the Mama Samia legal aid campaign is expected to benefit around one million residents in 136 wards in Tanzania’s Coast Region. It is due to be launched on Wednesday in Kibaha, according to the Tanzanian Ministry of Constitution and Legal Affairs, cited by Daily News.

The second phase of the Mama Samia Legal Aid Campaign is expected to benefit around one million residents of Coast Region, Tanzania. The programme, due to be launched on Wednesday, will cover 136 administrative wards, Tanzanian newspaper Daily News reports.

Osborne Paissi, assistant director of the Legal Aid Compliance Section at the Ministry of Constitution and Legal Affairs, announced the campaign’s rollout in the region.

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